Huzhou climate

Name: Huzhou
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Huzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.8 °C. June is the wettest month (285 mm) and December the driest (57 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Huzhou averages 1,516 mm of rain, 134 days above 25 °C and 29 days below freezing.

China · population 1,015,937 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month January 0.8 °C
Driest month December 57 mm
Wettest month June 285 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -9.6 °C

What to expectHuzhou through the year

Huzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.8 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 134 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C, 29 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 285 mm against 57 mm in December — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.8 °C	81 mm	59 %
February	10.2 °C	78 mm	64 %
March	14.6 °C	120 mm	68 %
April	20.5 °C	132 mm	68 %
May	25.2 °C	160 mm	69 %
June	27.9 °C	285 mm	79 %
July	32.0 °C	206 mm	71 %
August	31.4 °C	175 mm	63 %
September	27.1 °C	95 mm	59 %
October	22.2 °C	63 mm	52 %
November	16.5 °C	63 mm	52 %
December	10.1 °C	57 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	7.8 °C	0.8 °C	4.3 °C	22.0 °C	-9.6 °C	0	0	14
February	10.2 °C	2.6 °C	6.4 °C	25.4 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	7
March	14.6 °C	6.6 °C	10.5 °C	29.0 °C	-3.1 °C	1	0	1
April	20.5 °C	12.2 °C	16.1 °C	33.0 °C	0.1 °C	5	0	0
May	25.2 °C	17.4 °C	21.1 °C	36.6 °C	8.4 °C	16	3	0
June	27.9 °C	21.6 °C	24.5 °C	36.3 °C	14.7 °C	24	8	0
July	32.0 °C	25.6 °C	28.5 °C	38.2 °C	18.0 °C	30	23	0
August	31.4 °C	25.4 °C	28.1 °C	40.4 °C	16.4 °C	30	21	0
September	27.1 °C	21.0 °C	23.9 °C	36.7 °C	12.7 °C	22	5	0
October	22.2 °C	15.3 °C	18.6 °C	31.5 °C	5.6 °C	5	0	0
November	16.5 °C	9.2 °C	12.7 °C	29.3 °C	-2.8 °C	1	0	0
December	10.1 °C	2.8 °C	6.4 °C	23.5 °C	-8.0 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	81 mm	10	10 h/day	59 %	76 %	14 km/h
February	78 mm	10	11 h/day	64 %	76 %	14 km/h
March	120 mm	13	12 h/day	68 %	75 %	15 km/h
April	132 mm	12	13 h/day	68 %	75 %	15 km/h
May	160 mm	11	14 h/day	69 %	76 %	14 km/h
June	285 mm	16	14 h/day	79 %	82 %	13 km/h
July	206 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	80 %	13 km/h
August	175 mm	16	13 h/day	63 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	95 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	79 %	13 km/h
October	63 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	76 %	13 km/h
November	63 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	76 %	14 km/h
December	57 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	75 %	14 km/h

How Huzhou compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Huzhou	32 °C	0.8 °C	1,516 mm	134
Yixing · China	31 °C	0.5 °C	1,482 mm	130
Jiaxing · China	32 °C	0.9 °C	1,458 mm	136
Hangzhou · China	33 °C	0.9 °C	1,477 mm	144
Suzhou · China	32 °C	0.8 °C	1,418 mm	135
Wuxi · China	31 °C	0.05 °C	1,354 mm	137
Kunshan · China	32 °C	0.4 °C	1,299 mm	136

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Huzhou.

QuestionsCommon questions about Huzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Huzhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Huzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 61 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 29 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Huzhou?

June, averaging 285 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 57 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,516 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Huzhou rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 30.870°, 120.093° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.